Food system faces ‘tsunami’ of changing demand
— The coronavirus pandemic has caused a tidal shift in consumer behavior with restaurants shuttered and shoppers flocking to grocery stores instead. Farmers and food suppliers are maneuvering to meet the shifting demand, while regulators try to ease the logistical headaches that come with rewiring the food distribution network.
Wisconsin cheesemaker gives economic lifeline to dairy farmers
A Wisconsin cheesemaker is among businesses giving dairy farmers that are reeling from a tumble in the price of milk an economic lifeline during this pandemic.
How Can Wisconsin Put the Dairy Crisis in the Rearview Mirror?
Wisconsin’s farmers have been struggling to cope with five years of low profits and lower morale.
January milk production up 1.2%
January milk output hit 18.8 billion pounds, according to preliminary data in the Agriculture Department’s first Milk Production report of 2020. That’s up 0.9% from January 2019.
Cash dairy prices choppy
Dairy prices looked for direction the last week of January, as the market anticipated this week’s Global Dairy Trade auction.
Solving an ancient dairy mystery could help cure modern food ills
Genghis Khan’s conquering armies fed on dried curd as they crossed the vast steppes of Eurasia, ancient Romans imported pungent cheeses from France, and Bedouin tribes crossing the Arabian Desert have for centuries survived on camel’s milk.
Cheesemaking adds value to dairy
The long-term profitability and sustainability of their third-generation family farm is on their minds, say brothers Frank Henningfeld and Ron Henningfeld.
Controversial opinion about the dairy industry
How the Dairy Mafia Destroyed Dairy Farmers.
Senate bill good for dairy
OPINION The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association applauds the Wisconsin State Assembly’s unanimous approval of Senate Bill 219, which stands to expand access to capital for rural business owners including dairy manufacturers and processors.
Class III benchmark milk price hits five-year high
The October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price hit a five-year high this week at $18.72 per hundredweight, up 41 cents from September, $3.19 above October 2018, and the highest Class III since November 2014.
